Publications by Renato Quagliani

Observation of Exotic J/ψφ Resonant Structure in Diffractive Processes in Proton-Proton Collisions

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

The first study of J/ψφ production in diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions is presented. The study is based on an LHCb dataset recorded at center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5 fb-1. The data disfavor ...

2025

Momentum scale calibration of the LHCb spectrometer

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

For accurate determination of particle masses accurate knowledge of the momentum scale of the detectors is crucial. The procedure used to calibrate the momentum scale of the LHCb spectrometer is described and illustrated using the performance obtained with ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2024

Study of Bc+ → χc π+ decays

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

A study of B-c(+) -> chi(c) pi(+) decays is reported using proton-proton collision data, collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1). The decay B-c(+) -> chi(c2)pi(+) ...

Springer Nature2024

Observation of New Charmonium or Charmoniumlike States in B+ →D∗±D∓K+ Decays

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

A study of resonant structures in B+→D∗+D-K+ and B+→D∗-D+K+ decays is performed, using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of s=7, 8, and 13 TeV recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. A sim ...

2024

First observation of Λb0 → ςc (∗)++ D (∗)-K- decays

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

The four decays, Λb0→ςc(∗)++D(∗)-K-, are observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6 fb-1. By considering the Λb0→Λc+D¯ ...

American Physical Society2024

Observation of Cabibbo-Suppressed Two-Body Hadronic Decays and Precision Mass Measurement of the Ω0c Baryon

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Michel De Cian, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Vitalii Lisovskyi

The first observation of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed 0c -> -K thorn and 0c -> -z thorn decays is reported, using proton -proton collision data at a center -of -mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb-1, collected with t ...

Amer Physical Soc2024

Helium identification with LHCb

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Vitalii Lisovskyi

The identification of helium nuclei at LHCb is achieved using a method based on measurements of ionisation losses in the silicon sensors and timing measurements in the Outer Tracker drift tubes. The background from photon conversions is reduced using the R ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2024

Measurement of the D* longitudinal polarization in B0 →d*-τ+ντ decays

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

The longitudinal polarization fraction of the D* meson is measured in B0→D*-τ+ντ decays, where the τ lepton decays to three charged pions and a neutrino, using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8 ...

American Physical Society2024

Measurement of associated J/ψ-ψ(2S) production cross-section in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

The cross-section of associated J/ψ-ψ(2S) production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of (Formula presented.) TeV is measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.2 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment. ...

Springer Nature2024

Measurement of the branching fraction of B0→ J/ψπ0 decays

Lesya Shchutska, Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Tatsuya Nakada, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

The ratio of branching fractions between B0 → J/ψπ0 and B+ → J/ψK*+ decays is measured with proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. The measured value is (Formula presented.) where ...

Springer Nature2024